What is the complete predicate of the following sentence: Spanish letters and records provide information about early American civilizations.

provide information about early American civilizations

What is the complete subject of the following sentence? Spanish letters and records provide information about early American civilizations.

provide information about early American civilizations

What is the subject of the following sentence? Archaeologists study the remains of past civilizations.

study the remains of past civilizations

What is the complete predicate of the following sentence? Archaeologists study the remains of past civilizations.

study the remains of past civilizations

Read this excerpt and answer the question that follows. Some wonderful pictures from an 1800’s explorer first interested me in a relatively unknown region of Peru. The area is sometimes called “the Cradle of the Incas.” I believe my photographs cannot compete with the imaginative pencil of such an artist. However, I hope that some of them may lead future travelers even farther into the Land of the Incas. I also hope my photographs inspire others to further explore the mysterious places mentioned in the stories. The author states he hopes that his photographs inspire others. What is the meaning of the word inspire?

to make someone want to do something

to scare someone from doing something

to make someone take a picture of something

Excerpt 2: From Chapter 17 of Inca Land: Explorations of the Highlands of Peru, by Hiram Bingham 3 Under a carved rock the little boy showed me a cave beautifully lined with the finest cut stone. It was evidently intended to be a Royal Tomb. On top of this particular boulder a semicircular building had been built. The wall followed the natural curvature of the rock. It had one of the finest examples of masonry I have ever seen. This beautiful wall was made of carefully matched stones of pure white granite. It was the work of a master artist. The inside surface of the wall included slots and square stone-pegs. The outside surface was perfectly simple and plain. The lower rows, of large stones, made the structure look solid and strong. The upper rows, becoming smaller in size toward the top, made the structure look graceful and delicate. The flowing lines, symmetrical arrangement of the stones, and gradual movement from thicker to thinner rows, produced a wonderful effect. The look is softer and more pleasing than that of the marble temples of the Old World. Because there is no mortar, there are no ugly spaces between the rocks. They might have grown together. 4 I find this pure, undecorated surface to be mysteriously beautiful. The mason who built the wall did not have the same kinds of tools available that masons have today. He had no instruments of precision, so he had to depend on his eye. He had a good eye, an artistic eye, an eye for symmetry and beauty of form. His product lacks the harshness of mechanical and mathematical accuracy. The rectangular blocks are not really rectangular. The straight lines of the rows are not actually straight in the exact sense of that term. 5 I was amazed at how fine this wall and its adjoining semicircular temple over the cave were. They were as fine as the finest stonework in the famous Temple of the Sun in Cuzco. I continued to be surprised as I went farther. I climbed a marvelous great stairway of large granite blocks. Then I walked along a prairie where indigenous people had a small vegetable garden, and came into a little clearing. Here were the ruins of two of the finest structures I have ever seen in Peru. They were made of selected blocks of beautifully grained white granite. Their walls contained huge stones, ten feet in length, and higher than a man. The sight held me spellbound. 6 … It seems incredible that this place remained undescribed by travelers for so long. It also seems incredible that it was relatively unknown to the Peruvians themselves. It was less than three days’ journey from Cuzco. If the Spanish ever saw this wonderful place, they would have surely written about it. However, nothing can be found which clearly refers to the ruins of Machu Picchu. No one is sure when a Spanish-speaking person first saw it. People believe that several explorers came close to Machu Picchu, but missed it. The earliest local record of someone discovering Machu Picchu is from 1902. In that year, Agustín Lizárraga wrote his name on the walls of one of the finest buildings. Yet some one must have visited Machu Picchu long before that. In 1875, as has been said, the French explorer Charles Wiener heard of there being ruins at “Huaina-Picchu or Matcho-Picchu.” He tried to find them but he failed. He did not reach Machu Picchu because there was no road through a nearby canyon. Also, he had to make a wide detour through another valley. His route brought him to the Urubamba River, twenty-five miles below Machu Picchu. Based on Inca Land: Explorations of the Highlands of Peru, What inference can be made about how the author felt about the stone walls at Machu Pichu?

He had great admiration and respect for the people who built the walls

He Wished the stone walls had been discovered soon

he believed someone had discovered the stone walls and kept them secret

He believed marble walls would have been too expensive to build

In excerpts from Inca Land: Explorations of the Highlands in Peru, the author gives some reasons for why someone should have discovered Machu Picchu before the early 1900s and also gives some reasons for why more people had not discovered Machu Picchu sooner. One piece of evidence for why more people should have discovered Machu Picchu sooner was that it was less than three days journey from Cuzco. Click on TWO answers below that provide additional evidence for why someone should have discovered Machu Picchu sooner.

People believe that several explorers came close to Machu Picchu, but missed it

In 1875, as has been said, the French explorer Charles Wiener heard of there being ruins at “Huaina-Picchu or Matcho-Picchu.” He tried to find them but he failed.

I also had to wind my way through huge canyons into the dense jungles of the Amazon Basin. The Amazon Basin is as hot and humid a region as exists anywhere in the world.

I find this pure, undecorated surface to be mysteriously beautiful. The mason who built the wall did not have the same kinds of tools available that masons have today

One piece of evidence for why more people had not discovered Machu Picchu sooner was that Charles Wiener did not reach Machu Picchu because there was no road through a nearby canyon. Click on two answers below that provide additional evidence for why more people did NOT discover Machu Picchu sooner.

I also had to wind my way through huge canyons into the dense jungles of the Amazon Basin. The Amazon Basin is as hot and humid a region as exists anywhere in the world.

On my journey, I had to cross the harsh and cold Andes Mountains. In the Andes, I experienced heavy snowfalls and low temperatures.

In 1875, as has been said, the French explorer Charles Wiener heard of there being ruins at “Huaina-Picchu or Matcho-Picchu.” He tried to find them but he failed.

I find this pure, undecorated surface to be mysteriously beautiful. The mason who built the wall did not have the same kinds of tools available that masons have today

In the excerpts from Inca Land: Explorations of the Highlands of Peru, the author gives one piece of evidence for the discovery of Machu Picchu. Choose the sentence below that best supports how we know when Machu Picchu was probably first discovered.

In that year, Agustin Lizarranga wrote his name on the walls of one of the finest buildings.

It seems incredible that this place remained undescribed by travelers for so long.

Although my travels covered only part of southern Peru, they took me into every kind of climate.

Under a carved rock the little boy showed me a cave beautifully lined with the cut stone.

Read the following sentence from paragraph 4: If the Spanish ever saw this wonderful place, they would have surely written about it. Which point is the author supporting by including this sentence?

He believes no one discovered Machu Picchu until the early 1900s because no one wrote about it before that time.

He thinks the Spanish found Machu Picchu

He thinks he was the first to find Machu Picchu

He believes someone found Machu Picchu but did not write about it.

CKLA Unit 2 Ancient Civilizations Reading Comprehension

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Select the correct word to complete each sentence:
Beautiful pictures from an 1800s explorer seemed to ________ Hiram Bingham to Peru.

Distract

Tractor

Attract

Retract

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Archaeologists were able to ________ King Pakal's death mask from the rubble in his tomb.

extract

attract

subtract

tractor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Maya cities were places where people could _______ with one another to exchange goods and ideas.

interflow

flow

act

interact

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Conquistadors Cortes and Pizzaro were ________ explorers who left their homeland to establish colonies for the Spanish king.

intercoastal

international

coastal

national

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Mesoamerica was a ________ name for the area where the Maya and Aztec lived because Mesoamerica means Middle America.

illegible

logical

legible

illogical

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Potatoes served as food for the Inca year round. They were a _______ part of the Inca diet.

irrgular

regular

legal

illegal

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What part of speech is the underlined word.
The tropics are near the equator. Mesoamerica lies north of the equator.

action verb

subject

linking verb

adverb

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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CKLA Unit 2 Ancient Civilizations Reading Comprehension

Select the correct word to complete each sentence:
Beautiful pictures from an 1800s explorer seemed to ________ Hiram Bingham to Peru.

Archaeologists were able to ________ King Pakal's death mask from the rubble in his tomb.

Maya cities were places where people could _______ with one another to exchange goods and ideas.

Conquistadors Cortes and Pizzaro were ________ explorers who left their homeland to establish colonies for the Spanish king.

Mesoamerica was a ________ name for the area where the Maya and Aztec lived because Mesoamerica means Middle America.

Potatoes served as food for the Inca year round. They were a _______ part of the Inca diet.

What part of speech is the underlined word.
The tropics are near the equator. Mesoamerica lies north of the equator.

What part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence:
The Inca Empire began in the Andes Mountains. The Andes Mountains are high and tall.

What part of speech are the underlined words in the following sentences:
The Inca divided their empire into four quarters. Some quarters were larger than others.

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CKLA Unit 2 Ancient Civilizations Reading Comprehension

Select the correct word to complete each sentence:Beautiful pictures from an 1800s explorer seemed to ________ Hiram Bingham to Peru.

Archaeologists were able to ________ King Pakal's death mask from the rubble in his tomb.

Maya cities were places where people could _______ with one another to exchange goods and ideas.

Conquistadors Cortes and Pizzaro were ________ explorers who left their homeland to establish colonies for the Spanish king.

Mesoamerica was a ________ name for the area where the Maya and Aztec lived because Mesoamerica means Middle America.

Potatoes served as food for the Inca year round. They were a _______ part of the Inca diet.

What part of speech is the underlined word.The tropics are near the equator. Mesoamerica lies north of the equator.

What part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence:The Inca Empire began in the Andes Mountains. The Andes Mountains are high and tall.

What part of speech are the underlined words in the following sentences:The Inca divided their empire into four quarters. Some quarters were larger than others.

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Select the correct word to complete each sentence:
Beautiful pictures from an 1800s explorer seemed to ________ Hiram Bingham to Peru.

What part of speech is the underlined word.
The tropics are near the equator. Mesoamerica lies north of the equator.

What part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence:
The Inca Empire began in the Andes Mountains. The Andes Mountains are high and tall.

What part of speech are the underlined words in the following sentences:
The Inca divided their empire into four quarters. Some quarters were larger than others.